Tomato plants have a naturally sprawling growth habit that need support if you want to get better harvests and healthier plants. There are lots of tomato cages and staking options on the market and ...

Caging your tomato plants provides support while improving plant health. A plump beefsteak tomato can weigh up to a pound—that’s a lot of weight for the flexible branches of a tomato plant to support.

You have been growing creeping edible plants like tomatoes for some time in your backyard. For structural support, you simply tie them to erected logs as a trellis. However, according to Drake Kizito, ...

A: Tomatoes need extra-large, heavy-duty cages since they get so big in our climate. Foliage shades the fruit, and overpruning can result in sun scald or sunburn. So prune sparingly. Pruning also can ...

After they are done holding up tomatoes, tomato stands can be flipped into plant stands. This fall, Angie Waldner of Salem created this plant stand by flipping over a heavy round tomato cage and ...

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Ripe red tomatoes on the vine covered with water droplets - Phetchanat Phonchan/Shutterstock While tomato cages have their uses, they aren't the only option for supporting everyone's favorite ...

Every pool deserves beautiful plantings to set it off. But not all plants work in a pool cage. You want color, you want tropical, but you definitely don’t want a mess — in the pool or on the pavers or ...